New York Post

TEEN CALLS HIMSELF WHITE SUPREMACIS­T

- By LARRY CELONA and EILEEN AJ CONNELLY

The teenager accused of killing 10 people in the Buffalo supermarke­t massacre apparently posted a rambling white-supremacis­t manifesto that spewed a racist philosophy and outlined his plans step by step.

Payton Gendron, who officials said traveled “several hours” to gun down 10 people and wound three at the busy market, claimed in a 180-page diatribe that he was “radicalize­d” on the Internet while he was bored during the early days of the pandemic, not by any people he has met personally.

Through his “research,” the selfdescri­bed white supremacis­t and anti-Semite came to see low white birth rates around the world as a “crisis” that “will ultimately result in the complete racial and cultural replacemen­t of the European people.”

He mentioned other racially motivated killings and said he “mostly agreed” with Brenton Harrison Tarrant, who livestream­ed his own attack that killed 51 people attending a New Zealand mosque in March 2019.

He said he started planning the attack in January and chose the Tops supermarke­t in Buffalo because “it has the highest black population percentage” by ZIP code and it wasn’t far away from his Southern Tier home.

A section of the manifesto details his step-by-step plans for the day, including the corned-beef hash he would eat for breakfast, how he would drive to Buffalo and scout out the supermarke­t, the way he would wear his body armor and carry his gun and how he would post a livestream online.

Law-enforcemen­t sources told the Post they believe the document is authentic.

The suspect also stopped his attack before a planned rampage

through the neighborho­od “using all weapons I have available to me to shoot at nearby blacks.”

He uses almost 100 pages to describe his guns, body armor, gear and clothing choices. The manifesto includes photos of sketch comedian Sam Hyde holding a gun.

 ?? ?? PLEADS NOT GUILTY: Payton Gendron stands with his attorney during his arraignmen­t in Buffalo City Court on Saturday. A paper jumpsuit replaced the military-style clothing he allegedly wore during the attack.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY: Payton Gendron stands with his attorney during his arraignmen­t in Buffalo City Court on Saturday. A paper jumpsuit replaced the military-style clothing he allegedly wore during the attack.

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